Weaver v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault, where the assessed punishment was twenty years.

The appellant entered a plea of guilty before the jury. It is well established that such a plea to a felony charge before a jury admits the existence of all facts necessary to establish guilt, and the introduction of evidence in such cases is to enable the jury to intelligently exercise the discretion which the law vests in them touching the penalty to be assessed. See Darden v. State, 430 S.W.2d 494, 495 (Tex.Cr.App.1968), and cases there cited.

Appellant’s…